Gender Inequality

5 charts that will change how you see women's equality in 2017

Yang Hongnian and Le Huimin's six children play on a see-saw outside their home in Jinhua, Zhejiang province, August 7, 2014

Where gender progress once hung in the balance, this year it went into reverse. Image: REUTERS/William Hong

Till Leopold
Head, Inclusive Economies Practice, Centre for the New Economy and Society, World Economic Forum
Vesselina Stefanova Ratcheva
Insights Lead, Centre for the New Economy and Society, World Economic Forum
Saadia Zahidi
Managing Director, World Economic Forum
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The gender gap is widening for the first time in a decade
The gender gap is widening for the first time in a decade Image: World Economic Forum
In education, the gap is now almost closed - but this does not extend to the workplace
In education, the gap is now almost closed - but this does not extend to the workplace Image: World Economic Forum
Incomes are rising globally, but it's men who are taking the biggest share
Incomes are rising globally, but it's men who are taking the biggest share Image: World Economic Forum
University education is broadly balanced - but what about areas of study?
University education is broadly balanced - but what about areas of study? Image: World Economic Forum
Workplaces are still out of balance, especially in leadership roles
Workplaces are still out of balance, especially in leadership roles Image: World Economic Forum, LinkedIn
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